Jhumon Das, A 32-year-old victim – who has been in judicial custody since March 22nd for posting defamatory remarks about then Hefazat-e-Islam leader, Mamunul Haque on Facebook – has now been granted interim bail for a year by The High Court on the 23rd of September 2021 (Chowdhury, 2021). Niva Rani Das – Jhumon’s mother paid for his bail given there was no legal bar for him to be in jail for over 6 months. The Higher Court allowed Jhumon Das out on bail under the condition that he cannot go out of his home district Sunamjang for the next year without permission.
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